On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 17:58 +0200, Wim wrote: > Hi Rick, > > This is a fresh install. I dedicated my Maxtor drive to Fedora. > > Regards, > > Wim > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ric Moore > Sent: woensdag 14 mei 2008 6:13 > To: For users of Fedora > Subject: Re: Fedora 9 install troubles - big > > On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 23:34 +0200, Fluffy The Vampire wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Today I decided to install Fedora 9 (64-bit) on my system. It wasn't a > > good experience as it refused to work... Here's my story: > > > > 1) downloaded the 64bit ISO and burnt it to a dvd > > 2) booted the dvd and the graphical installer never came up. X said it > > detected my video card correctly (Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS 360 MB) and > > then all I got was a black screen. No response anymore, had to reboot. > > 3) rebooted and chose text based install instead. This installed fine > > with the default partioning Fedora suggested (expect swap - see below) > > however after installing grub and rebooting grub just hung. I get a > > black text screen that says GRUB and that's it. No more response > whatsoever. > > > > So I had to reboot with my XP SP3 CD to do a fixmbr to get back to my pc. > > > > Here's my system: > > > > - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 3.00 GHz > > - 8 GB RAM (PC800) @ 333 Mhz bus speed (1:1) > > - GA-965P-DS3P (rev. 2.0) motherboard with i965 chipset > > - Western Digital 150GB 16MB SATA150 10000RPM Raptor (/dev/sda) => > > Windows XP + /swap (5GB) > > - Maxtor 300GB 16MB SATA150 7200RPM (/dev/sdb) => Fedora 9, /boot 200 MB > > and / rest of the drive with LVM > > - Western Digital 160GB-YS 16MB SATA300 HD (/dev/sdc) => Windows Vista > > 64 bit Business > > - Soundblaster X-Fi OEM (but I'm using on-board audio in Linux) > > > > Funny thing is that during install GRUB didn't recognise Vista and only > > offered Fedora 9 and XP as possible OS's to boot. > > > > Oh and FC8 did work on it :/. > > > > Any ideas what could be causing this and how I should solve this? > > Is this an update to F9 or a fresh install?? Ric Wow, your's is a strange problem. As Rahul suggested in a couple of posts back, try this list: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems#head-5880fcaae620309a0c00f6778726b632819bab1a Something like setting your ram to 1 gig instead of that whopping 8 gigs may be something to try. The procedure is in that URL, plus other nifty kernel problems with workarounds. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
